The FOCAL International Awards 2006

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Current Affairs Production

Israel and the Arab: Elusive Peace

Brook Lapping | UK

Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace has excellent archive footage but what is unique is the outstanding way this works with the interviews to make you feel you are there. For example episode 2 has unique...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a History Factual Production

A Very British Olympics

BBC | UK

A documentary that tells the story of the last London Olympics in 1948. The world was a very different place then as it was recovering from the years of the WWII. London was under pressure but it did cope...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment, Arts or Drama Production

American Masters / Arena - No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan gives his only interview in 20 years, participating for the very first time in an exclusive film biography. Directed by Martin Scorsese, with an archive of, literally, never before seen footage...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Clip Based Entertainment Production

TV Makeovers That Changed the World

North One Television | UK

The programme explored our national obsession with improving our homes, cookery, gardening and eventually our complete self-image, via the people and programmes that showed us how. From 1945 to date, featuring...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Science or Natural History Production

The Pet and the Beast - 100 Years of Natural History Perception

Marco Polo Film AG | Germany

From the silent era onwards, animals were always a cherished subject of filmmakers. In this film, director Gerhard Thiel explores the history of wildlife filmmaking using a selection of humorous, strange,...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production

A Very British Olympics

BBC | UK

A documentary that tells the story of the last London Olympics in 1948. The world was a very different place then as it was recovering from the years of the WWII. London was under pressure but it did cope...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in an Advertisement

Virgin Trains

Great Guns | UK

Drawing inspiration from the golden era of rail travel, the film takes us on a romantic, cinematic journey onboard a brand new Virgin Train. But it isn't just the luxurious train that evokes the great...

Soulwax: NY Excuse

Gorgeous | UK

Awards for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Corporate Production

A History of European Economic and Monetary Union

Westend Film & TV Produktion GmbH + Quadrant | Germany

Since January 1st 2002, more than 300 million European citizens have been using the euro as a normal part of daily life. This film tells the history of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union, starting...

Jay Film & Video | UK

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Film

Good Night and Good Luck

Warner Bros | USA

This film is a no frills account of a period in American history that left visible scars but, as it happens, many have forgotten. David Strathairn - best actor at the Venice Film Festival - is chillingly...

Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in New Media

CBC Digital Archives

CBC Digital Archives / Les archives de Radio-Canada | Canada

The CBC Digital Archives Website is a comprehensive collection of 10,000 online television and radio clips that highlights the events, issues and people who have shaped Canada. Drawn from 70 years of programming...

Awards for Award for Footage Researcher of the Year

Declan Smith for Israel and the Arabs, Elusive Peace

Brook Lapping | UK

Arafat (2001/2002) US Secretary of State Colin Powell attempts to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but his efforts are derailed by his own hard-line colleagues - and Yasser Arafat himself....